PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Carl Kingston (ranked 805 p4p, 93 weight class) and Bob The Man (ranked 1052 p4p, 119 weight class). Kingston comes to the cage accompanied by Creep - Radiohead . I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Kingston
vs
The Man

175 cm
34
145 lbs
17 - 5 - 0

160 cm
28
155 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carl Kingston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bob The Man!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, David Schapiro and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Man walks into a jab.
Kingston looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kingston on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by The Man. The Man obviously looking to wear him down.
A good leg kick by Kingston.
The Man throws a shot from downtown. Kingston moves away and avoids it.
The Man lands a jab-cross combination.
Kingston displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as The Man throws out the jab.
The Man rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kingston moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kingston throws a quick counter kick to the body but The Man avoids it.
Kingston lands a nice looking kick to the body. The Man takes a step back to recover.
Kingston fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big right from The Man misses.
The Man swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Kingston counters with a nice uppercut.
Kingston gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A jab lands there for The Man.
A big left from The Man misses.
The Man misses the body punch
and Kingston counters with a nice kick to the body.
Kingston scores with a sloppy right hand. The Man should have avoided that one.
The Man thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kingston scores with a punch to the head.
Kingston scores with a jab. The Man acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Kingston fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches The Man on the side of the head.
The Man scores with a shot to the body.
Carl Kingston is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The Man swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kingston bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kingston dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kingston takes a swing at The Man's ribcage but misses.
The Man avoids the body shot from Kingston.
Kingston connects with a right hand. The Man shakes it off.
Kingston is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Kingston moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Kingston cracks The Man with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kingston throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kingston avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kingston tried to counter with a leg kick but The Man avoided it.
The Man throws a right hand that misses
and The Man takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The Man misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kingston displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as The Man throws out the jab.
Kingston throws a low kick but it's checked well by The Man.
The Man tries to counter by closing the distance.
The Man on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
The Man goes for a double leg but Kingston avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Kingston continues to drive forward.
A right-left combo lands from The Man.
The Man misses with a looping left.
The Man takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kingston finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Kingston is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Kingston dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on The Man. That did some damage!
The Man tried to score with a low kick but Kingston checks it.
The Man throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
An attempted straight right counter from Kingston misses the target.
The Man throws a nice looking combination but Kingston bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A solid leg kick lands there for The Man.
Kingston lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kingston is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The Man sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
The Man misses with an uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
The Man throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Kingston to counter with a crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kingston lands an overhand right.
Kingston scores with a spinning back kick!
The Man tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The Man tries to clinch up but Kingston circles away and keeps his distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from The Man. Kingston does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kingston throwing a counter right hand but The Man manages to avoid it.
Kingston delivers a nice body kick.
The Man takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A decent looking cross lands there for Kingston.
Kingston throws a leg kick which misses The Man's front leg but catches the back leg as The Man tries to avoid it.
Kingston fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kingston fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The Man tries to clinch up.
The Man takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
The Man has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Kingston.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kingston throws a leg kick which misses The Man's front leg but catches the back leg as The Man tries to avoid it.
The Man takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kingston blocks a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Man throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kingston connects with a right hand. The Man shakes it off.
The Man's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Kingston lands with a hook. The Man tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A head kick misses from The Man.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from The Man. Kingston shrugs it off though.
Kingston digs a good body shot into The Man's ribs.
Kingston waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract The Man.
The Man throws a shot to the body.
The Man looks to land a right hand but Kingston moved out of range.
Kingston pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
The Man cracks a nice hook into Kingston's ribs.
The Man throws a half hearted mid kick.
The Man ducks under a wild hook from Kingston.
The Man tries to counter by closing the distance.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Man tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Kingston swivels and escapes.
The Man throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Kingston walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. The Man checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Kingston sets himself, and The Man steps forward looking for the clinch! Kingston avoids it this time.
Kingston throws a quick head kick that skims the top of The Man's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carl Kingston dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Kingston moves out of range of the body kick.
Kingston swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kingston drops his hands momentarily and The Man takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Kingston uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by The Man.
A counter left hand to the body from Kingston misses its target.
Kingston has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from The Man.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but The Man might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Kingston has got the better of the exchanges.
The Man misses the shot to the body.
The Man on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Kingston lands a body shot.
Kingston keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The Man thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kingston wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kingston is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that The Man can do to turn this around?
Kingston fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Man listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kingston scores with a nice body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kingston throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Kingston scores with a jab to the jaw.
The Man gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Man fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kingston bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps The Man's head backwards.

The Man closes the distance and clinches.
Kingston tries to throw a body punch but The Man avoids it by throwing Kingston back against the cage.
Kingston lands a right hand.
The Man is working Kingston over against the cage.
A short uppercut from Kingston.
Kingston throws a punch but it's blocked by The Man.
The Man lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The Man takes a shot to the head.
The Man blocks a body shot from Kingston.
The Man lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kingston backwards.
Kingston lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of The Man backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Man misses with some punches.
Kingston scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kingston scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kingston throws a punch but it's blocked by The Man.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Man blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, The Man creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
I was talking to Kingston's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
The Man doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The Man gets through Kingston's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The Man blocks an uppercut.
A short right from The Man on the inside.
Kingston misses with a body punch.
A nice left hand lands by Kingston.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
The Man is trying to drag Kingston to the mat but Kingston just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Nice body punch from Kingston - that landed with a thud.
The Man lands a right hand.

The Man has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Kingston clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Kingston manages to scramble and ends up in full guard, under a barage of strikes . Great composure from Kingston.
The Man throwing strikes from guard but Kingston blocks nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Man keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Kingston's head.
The Man trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Kingston keeping moving, preventing The Man from controlling successfully.
Kingston working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from The Man.
The Man working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Kingston not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The Man landing with the ground and pound.
The Man trying to control but Kingston is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Man throwing strikes from guard but Kingston blocks nicely.
The Man working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Kingston is trying to keep The Man in close.
Kingston is pulling down on The Man's head to control his posture.
Kingston utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kingston seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
The Man throwing strikes from guard but Kingston blocks nicely.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Carl Kingston will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

The Man misses with a lunging right hand
and Kingston cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The Man missing with a left hand there. Kingston was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kingston blocks a jab.
Kingston takes a swing at The Man's ribcage but misses.
Kingston stuns The Man with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kingston moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The Man avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kingston. The Man does a little dance to reset his feet.
The Man throws a low kick, looking for Kingston's leg but Kingston calmly moves out of range.
Kingston was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Kingston steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from The Man. That one must have hurt.
The Man lands with a good body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kingston lands a glancing blow to the side of The Man's head.
The Man throws a body punch but Kingston moves out of range.
A lazy body kick from Kingston
and The Man counters with a straight right hand.
Kingston scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Man tries to work over Kingston's front leg with a kick but Kingston checks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Man doesn't manage to clinch there - Kingston circles away.
Kingston scores with a shot to the body.
Kingston ducks under a wild hook from The Man.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kingston, right into the meat.
A good leg kick by Kingston.
Kingston chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The Man uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kingston.
Jab, jab by Kingston - just one landing.
The Man throws a nice inside leg kick.
The Man throws a body kick that misses.
Kingston connects with an inside leg kick.
The Man takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A lazy left from Kingston finds it's target.

The Man rushes Kingston and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The Man lands with a left to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Man blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kingston blocks an uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kingston misses with a punch on the inside.
The Man tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The Man has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Kingston seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if The Man can turn it around.
Kingston misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kingston misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice left hand lands by Kingston.
Kingston blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The Man lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kingston lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kingston.
The Man has a couple of punches blocked by Kingston.
Kingston misses with a punch to the body.
Carl Kingston has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kingston lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kingston tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The Man misses with some punches.
Kingston throws a blind hook that connects with the side of The Mans head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Man misses with some punches.
The Man tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The Man drops down looking for an ankle pick but Kingston pulls his leg out and moves away.
The Man just misses with a punch to the body.
The Man moves out of range as Kingston strikes.
The Man bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
The Man misses with a body shot
and Kingston counters with a two punch combo.
Kingston throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kingston backing away here, and The Man unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Kingston tries to land a body kick
and The Man counters with a straight right hand.
Kingston cracks The Man with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Kingston has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from The Man.
Kingston avoids a kick to the body.
Kingston connects with a leg kick. The Man looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The Man throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Kingston throws a leg kick that misses.
Kingston misses with a looping right.
Carl Kingston is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Man blocks a jab.
Kingston throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Kingston misses with a jab to the body
enabling The Man to counter with a crisp jab.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kingston, right into the meat.
The Man has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
The Man misses with a hook
and Kingston counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kingston goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The Man steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Kingston. That one must have hurt.
The Man tries to land a leg kick but Kingston saw it coming and moves away.
Kingston throwing a counter right hand but The Man manages to avoid it.
The Man is looking to score with low kicks.
Kingston is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Kingston moves out of range of the strikes.
The Man swings for the body but Kingston moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Kingston on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Kingston on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The Man works Kingston's body with a nice hook.
Kingston connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Bob The Man has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kingston staying out of range there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Carl Kingston showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kingston, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carl Kingston!
A relieved looking Carl Kingston thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.